Re: [m2e-users] build-helper-maven-plugin and add source support in m2e

[Raphael André Bauer <raphael.andre.bauer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Igor Fedorenko <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No workaround in 1.0, but in 1.1, you can setup project classpath
> manually however you like, and m2e is expected to preserve the manual
> configured classpath entries during project configuration update.
>
> Eclipse workspace expects all project resources to be contained under
> project basedir. It may be possible to use linked resources to represent
> external source and resource folders inside workspace, but I don't know
> if this is actually a workable approach.
>
> There are no plans to introduce support for source/resource folders
> outside of project basedir, but I may reconsider if somebody comes up
> with a convincing usecase and a quality patch that implements this.

Okay got it. Maven eclipse plugin doesn't support it either. I guess
it's one of "those" special use-cases a general purpose tool shouldn't
support with good reason :)

Thanks for the explanation!

Best,

Raphael

>
> --
> Regards,
> Igor
>
>
> On 11-12-20 2:25 PM, Raphael André Bauer wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Igor Fedorenko<igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> m2e 1.0+ does not support source and resource folders outside of project
>>> basedir.
>>
>>
>> Okay - thanks for the information :)
>> Is there any work-around? Or reason why support was ceased? Any plans
>> to re-add support for resource folders outside of the base dir?
>>
>>
>> Thanks :)
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Raphael
>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Igor
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11-12-20 2:14 PM, Raphael André Bauer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am using the build-helper-maven-plugin to integrate sources that are
>>>> outside of the current pom.xml project. I know it's not the best
>>>> practise, but that's the way it is now.
>>>>
>>>> The source nicely compiles on the command line,
>>>>
>>>> But m2e has problems making the source available in eclipse.
>>>>
>>>> The error message is:
>>>> Access "/Users/me/workspace/project/gwt/../play/app" directory outside
>>>> of project base directory.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.5:resources:default-resources:process-resources)
>>>>
>>>> (Plugin configuration is at the bottom.)
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas how to integrate that? I am not sure - but if I am not
>>>> completely wrong that worked in an older version of m2e.
>>>>
>>>> My specs:
>>>>  m2e - Maven Integration for
>>>> Eclipse 1.0.100.20110804-1717   org.eclipse.m2e.feature.feature.group
>>>>  Eclipse.org
>>>> - m2e
>>>>  m2e connector for
>>>> build-helper-maven-plugin       0.14.0.201109282148
>>>> org.sonatype.m2e.buildhelper.feature.feature.group      Sonatype,
>>>> Inc.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Raphael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <plugin>
>>>> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
>>>> <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
>>>> <version>1.7</version>
>>>> <executions>
>>>> <execution>
>>>> <id>add-source</id>
>>>> <phase>generate-sources</phase>
>>>> <goals>
>>>> <goal>add-source</goal>
>>>> </goals>
>>>> <configuration>
>>>> <sources>
>>>> <source>../play/app/shared</source>
>>>> </sources>
>>>> </configuration>
>>>> </execution>
>>>> </executions>
>>>> </plugin>
>>>> </plugins>
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